Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/03
By: Chen Wei-ting and Ko Lin
Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) A person living with mild cognitive impairment should take
Chang Hung-cheng (張宏成, right)
advantage of the available treatments, and continue to lead their normal lives such as attending social activities, and even work, secretary general of the Taiwan Alzheimer Disease Association (TADA) Tang Li-yu (湯麗玉) said Saturday.
There are roughly 270,000 people in Taiwan currently with dementia and almost half of them suffer from mild cognitive impairment to the early stages of dementia, Tang said.
There should be no reason as to why they cannot continue to contribute to society, she added.
Tsang Tao-cheng (臧道正), who operates the Youmoutoohana Coffee shop in Taipei, said he totally supports helping people with early-onset dementia search for ways to utilize their abilities. [FULL STORY]
